Abstract

LORENZO URIBAZO, Adriana M et al. Behavior of divine proportions in dental measuring of individuals with normal occlusion and malocclusion. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1729-519X.

Patients is coming up more frequency to dentistry services claiming improve their esthetic aspect. One of the most controversial assessments to exam esthetic is established using divine proportion, which is establish in their linear representation, so if a segment is divide in two portions which saves this fraction, the whole will be to major portion as this one to the minor, it´s expressed as if (a+b)/b= b/a, relationship between this segments will be equivalent to number value of Phi (1.618). That was the reason to carry out present study to evaluate the behavior of divine proportions on dental measuring. Transversal descriptive study was carrying out using cast model belonging to 80 students from 18 to 25 years of Havana´s Faculty of Dentistry. Measures were taking account highest width of teeth and then related with some teeth pairs being identified relationship about divine proportion according to occlusion characteristic. Only five of thirteen teeth pairs were bearing on established rank for divine proportion on individuals with normal occlusion as much as individuals with malocclusion.

Keywords : Divine proportion; normal occlusion; malocclusion.

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